'America needs towns like West': Obama thanks Texas fallen at memorial
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 17:05
in Mathematics & Economics
President Obama, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and firefighters from across the country were among those who paid tribute at a packed memorial service to the victims of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 14 people on April 17, many of whom were first responders. The deadly plant explosion decimated part of the small Texas city of West, with a population of only about 2,800. More than 200 people w...